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Lee LaRavia

Associate Professor

Lee LaRavia

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Emergency Medicine

Bio

Dr. LaRavia received his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Georgia Campus-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in Atlanta, GA in 2010. He completed his Emergency Medicine residency training at Medical College of Georgia in 2013, then remained at MCG to complete the Emergency Medicine Ultrasound fellowship in 2014. He is the Director of Clinical and Emergency Ultrasound and Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine Clerkship. His primary areas of clinical interest are Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) with a focus on ultrasound guided regional anesthesia in the emergency department, musculoskeletal ultrasound, as well as resident and medical student education.

Dr. LaRavia is faculty in the Augusta University Center for Ultrasound Education. Through MCG and Augusta University he is actively involved in providing POCUS training from the undergraduate medical level to the post graduate medical level locally, regionally and even internationationally at Instituto de Medicina Tropical, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Perú and Complejo Hospitalario Metropolitano in Panamá City, Panamá.

He is also involved in the Wellstar MCG Health Telehealth and Virtural Care programs. Growing up in a very rural part of Louisiana, he appreciates the critical need of having access to a good system of medical care close to home and sees the benefits of these programs.

When he’s not working, Lee enjoys traveling, especially to Italy and other parts of Europe as well as Central and South America. He likes to kayak and paddleboard and is also an avid woodworker and gardener.

  • (706) 721-5592
  • AF 1022

Education

  • DO, Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy Philadelphia College of Osteop, 2010

  • BS, Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist University of Louisiana at Mon, 1998

Certifications

  • BLS AHA, 2020

  • Fellow of American College of Emergency Physicians (FACEP) 2020

  • PADI Open Water Diver 2016

  • American Board of Emergency Medicine ABEM, 2014

  • Physician Georgia Composite Medical Board, 2013

  • ACLS AHA, 2022

  • BLS AHA, 2022

  • PALS AHA, 2022

  • ACL AHA, 2020

  • PALS AHA, 2020

  • PHY GA Composite Medical Brd, 2013

  • PALS AHA, 2016

  • ACL AHA, 2016

  • BLS AHA, 2016

Awards & Honors

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Augusta University, 2020

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Augusta University, 2019

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Augusta University, 2018

  • Exemplary Teaching Award Augusta University, 2017

  • Teaching Excellence Program Award Augusta University, 2016

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • EMED 5011

    EMED Clkshp for Military Appli

  • REMD 5000

    Emergency Medicine

  • EMED 5001

    Emergency Medicine Clkship

  • MEDI 6510

    PCL Adv Clerkship

Teaching Interests

Emergency Medicine; Point of Care Ultrasound; Resident education; Medical Student education

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • 38 Year-old Male with Cough and Shortness of Breath, 2024
    Journal Article, In-House Journal
  • 70 Year-old Female with Unilateral Lower Extremity Swelling, 2024
    Journal Article, In-House Journal
  • 19 Year-old Female with Left Flank Pain, Nausea and Vomiting, 2024
    Journal Article, In-House Journal
  • 37 Year-old Female with Abdominal Pain, 2023
    Journal Article, In-House Journal
  • Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Block Compared to Traditional Pain Control Modalities in the Emergency Room: A Systematic Review, 2023
    Abstract

Research Interests

Emergency Medicine; Point of Care Ultrasound; Ultrasound guided regional anesthesia; POCUS workflow development

Department Service

  • Program Evaluation Committee 2024 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Exo Works to Epic integration 2024 - Present

    Role: Other

  • Academic Education Council 2022 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Emergency Department Academic Executive Committee 2018 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Emergency Department Ultrasound 2018 - Present

University Service

  • Grade Appeal Committee 2025 - Present

    Role: Committee Chair

  • PCL (Simulations) 2021 - Present

    Role: Other

  • EMED declared student advisor 2018 - Present

    Role: Faculty Advisor

  • AUMC/MCG Center for Ultrasound clinical ultrasound instructor: M1-M4 2015 - Present

Professional Service

  • Wellstar MCG CLABSI Reduction Committee 2024 - Present

    Role: Committee Member

  • Wellstar Exo to Epic Integration Team 2024 - Present

    Role: Task Force Member

  • AUMC/MCG Center for Ultrasound Education- Clinical Ultrasound Faculty 2022 - Present

  • Internal and Emergency Medicine Journal 2019 - Present

    Role: Reviewer, Journal Article

  • Collaborative MCG/Center for Ultrasound Education and DDEAMC Family Medicine Ultrasound Training Effort 2018 - Present

    Role: Other

Public Service

  • Augusta National Masters Golf Tournament 2011 - Present

    Role: Other

  • MCG Event Medicine Team 2010 - Present

  • Augusta University Health Science Summer Academy 2017

    Role: Mentor

  • Augusta University Health Science Summer Academy 2016

    Role: Mentor

  • Ironman 70.3 Augusta 2014

    Role: Other